In Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Robbins brings onto the stage, in his seventh novel, the most complex and compelling character he has ever created.
Sweedters is a contradiction for all times: an anarchist who works for the government, a pacifist who carries a gun, a vegetarian who eats pork sauce, a cyber wizard who despises computers, a passionate bon vivant who can suddenly turn into a touchy misanthrope, a man who, although obsessed with preserving innocence, burns with the desire to deflower his underage half-sister (only to then fall just as passionately in love with a nun ten years his senior).
Nevertheless, Switters shows not the slightest trace of hesitation or inner conflict. He does not simply carry a gun—he is a gun. Following Switters as he travels across four continents in his reinforced heels, flirting with love and danger, Robbins explores, provokes, mocks, and celebrates almost every aspect of our ever-changing age.
